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Re: J Oneal Trade....

It would never happen, but yeah I'd do it. Any time we have the opportunity to get the best player in the NBA without giving up Ron, Id love it. Look at what our lineup would look like!!! (Including that Laker trade)

Re: J Oneal Trade....

It would never happen, but yeah I'd do it. Any time we have the opportunity to get the best player in the NBA without giving up Ron, Id love it. Look at what our lineup would look like!!! (Including that Laker trade)

Re: J Oneal Trade....

Houston trades 4 players they have very little use for nor do they really want....for spreewell and an a. johnson-two players that fit their system very well....and we know for a fact how much JVG likes spreewell....plus a player they have expressed some interest in the past (croshere)and who would probably be more productive than baker, spoon combined....and only one additional year on his contract...

If Minnesota has any desire whatsoever to move kg(im not saying they do, though its rumored)....they get one of the few players they would probably entertain in a deal plus they get something for spreewell who they obviously are not bringing back....there arent many places for spreewell to go and there arent many players u consider trading kg for....

theyve indicated their desire to spend less after trying the experiment of spending a lot, with the expiring contracts they are laying the groundwork for such as both pollard and wesleys contracts expire as well as jo is a couple million cheaper than kg...

im not saying its a perfect deal...but then the ones that happen never are...the pacers take quite a bit of deadweight to get kg....

Re: J Oneal Trade....

If Minnesota has any desire whatsoever to move kg(im not saying they do, though its rumored)....they get one of the few players they would probably entertain in a deal plus they get something for spreewell who they obviously are not bringing back....there arent many places for spreewell to go and there arent many players u consider trading kg for....

Well, first of all, they can drastically cut payroll simply by letting Sam and Spree walk.

Secondly, they'd be trading one disgruntled star for a lesser star who would be equally disgruntled in that place. And he's on the books for almost as much cash. The TWolves would want prospects in return, I'd think, along with an established all star.

It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

the biggest stretch either way is probably minny....which only stands to reason because they have the best player involved....it might very well come down to involving cassell and jt as well as possibly harrison....which i thought about....but i know this isnt the most farfetched thing ive seen by any stretch...minny is getting two starters and a backup big man...for kg and a player they are ready to let go for nothing....its not the craziest thing in the world

Re: J Oneal Trade....

It would never happen, but yeah I'd do it. Any time we have the opportunity to get the best player in the NBA without giving up Ron, Id love it. Look at what our lineup would look like!!! (Including that Laker trade)

Re: J Oneal Trade....

Honestly? It's a decent trade for Minnesota. KG's salary in Minny has put them in luxury tax hell for forever, and he's not getting any younger. If they can move him for someone who is almost as good, but making half the salary, they could afford to keep some draft picks in the future, and essentially rebuild on the fly, a la the Pacers of 2000, with a veteran who's been further than KG, and is also younger, giving them a larger "window" to make another run.

For the Pacers, it's as simple as KG being bringing more to the table than any combination of JO and expiring contracts, and would give us a more uptempo presence at PF. On a side note, Artest is much more likely to play 2nd banana to a guy like KG than JO. If you're a long term theorist, this would also make sense alongside the Lakers trade. Not only does it give us more trade fodder for KG, it also gets rid of Bender, who is not only a similar player to KG (only broken and less talented), but also gets into a brouhaha with KG every time they play against each other.